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A Chicago-Sized Iceberg Broke Off From Antarctica, Revealing a Hidden Ecosystem Never Seen Before
When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...
Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin
Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
This is the Antarctica research crew trapped in icy hell with co-worker who ‘snapped and started attacking them’
One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.
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The 7 Best Expedition Cruise Lines
Expedition cruises ... 490 guests each. The first of the two, MS Roald Amundsen, is named for the Norwegian explorer who was the first to take a ship through the Northwest Passage. He was also the ...
India TV14d
Private lunar lander declared dead after crashing in moon's South Pole crater
A Texas company's privately owned lunar lander was deemed non-functional after landing off-target sideways in a crater close to the Moon's south pole, the firm said on Friday. The mission to drop ...
Politico14d
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
Athena’s landing was the closest a spacecraft has come to the south pole, just 100 miles away. That’s where NASA is targeting for its first landing by astronauts since the 1960s and 1970s ...
USA Today14d
Athena lander dies after toppling near the moon's south pole
Where did IM-2 land on the moon? The IM-2 landed in the lunar south pole region, roughly 820 feet from its intended landing site in the moon's Mons Mouton region. The area is thought to contain ...
The Boston Globe14d
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first US prisoner in 15 years to die by that ...
What is ‘danger tourism’? Why tourists take extreme risks for travel experiences
Tourists have often sparked criticism when travelling to war zones or ‘dangerous’ countries. Amelia Neath explores the impact of this type of travel and how it differs from other types of tourism wher ...
Fox News14d
South Carolina convict inches closer to first US death by firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina death row inmate who gruesomely killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat in 2001 is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Friday – the first execution of its ...
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On This Day: 1st large unit of U.S. ground troops lands in South Vietnam
File Photo courtesy Imperial War Museum In 1965, about 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in Da Nang, South Vietnam. It was the first deployment of a large U.S. ground combat unit to the country ...
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Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon’s south pole
Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet (4.7 meters) tall — or lying sideways like its first spacecraft ...